Michael C. Hall will slip into Hedwig Schmidt’s gold leather boots this fall, producers of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” announced today. The “Dexter” and “Six Feet Under” star will take over the role of the “internationally ignored song stylist” from Andrew Rannells on Oct. 16.

“He’s the right kind of artist for the role,” said producer David Binder. “He has musical theater cred, and he cuts a huge swath through popular culture in exactly the right way. He’s one of those artists who chooses smart roles.”

This will be Hall’s first musical theater role in over a decade. He starred as Billy Flynn in “Chicago” in 2002 and as the Emcee in “Cabaret” in 1999. Last season, he played John Jones in the play “The Realistic Joneses” by Will Eno. Read More »

David Binder, Tony-winning producer of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” met John Cameron Mitchell in 1991, when he was working for “The Secret Garden” on Broadway. Mr. Mitchell was playing the role of Dickon, and Mr. Binder was a production assistant — until he got fired. “I was terrible at it,” he says, “but it was one of my most successful jobs in my entire career because I met John.”

A few years later, Mr. Mitchell gave Mr. Binder a script to read. Mr. Binder says he didn’t really understand it, but he liked it.

“I remember sitting in my apartment on 13th street, in my walk-up, reading ‘Hedwig’ out loud to a friend and laughing so hard,” says Mr. Binder, who won the Tony for best musical revival for “Hedwig” last night, almost 20 years after he and the creators first discussed it. Read More »

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